Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
One of our foremost historical novelists, Philippa Gregory, makes history. We have fallen into the belief that women were absent from great events, and ineffectual in normal times. Through a radical reframing of the conventional eras of our history, Normal Women tells the story of our nation - not ...Show more
Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader by Ranulph Fiennes
$42.00 NZD
Category: History
An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from "The World's Greatest Living Explorer" Ranulph Fiennes Co-opted by the British military, archaeologist and adventurer Thomas Edward Lawrence became involved in the 1916 Arab Revol ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...Show more
A History of Women in 101 Objects: A walk through female history by Annabelle Hirsch
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been oppressed by men, from ancient times to the present day. A History of Women in 101 Objects tells a new story of female history, revealing the evolution of the role women have played in society th ...Show more
Viking Women: Life and Lore by Lisa Hannett
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Let's travel in time together, a thousand or so years back, and meet Viking women in their hearth-lit world.How did these medieval viragoes live, love and die? How can we encounter them as flesh-and-blood beings with fears and feelings - not just as names in sagas or runes carved into stone? In this gro ...Show more
Dice Men - The Origin Story of Games Workshop by Ian Livingstone; Steve Jackson
$80.00 NZD
Category: History
From the founders of Warhammer--the full color, highly illustrated story of legendary gaming store Games Workshop From the back of a van to the London Stock Exchange... Since 1975, Games Workshop has been the cornerstone of the UK, with a gaming store in nearly every town and city. They are best known ...Show more
Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors by Tom Bower
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
The explosive and rigorously researched account of the rift between the Sussexes and the Royal Family, from the provocative biographer of Boris Johnson, Prince Charles and Tony Blair THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER, NOW WITH A BRAND NEW FINAL CHAPTER 'Explosive' The Sun 'Accounts from insiders who hav ...Show more
To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010 by T. M. Devine
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
From T. M. Devine, acclaimed author of "The Scottish Nation" and "Scotland's Empire", "To the Ends of the Earth" is the story of the Scottish people and their role in the world. It was a Book of the Year in the "Herald" (chosen by Alex Salmond), "Scotland on Sunday", "New Statesman" and "Spectator". The ...Show more
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
Secondhand. "Compelling" - Daily Telegraph "Fascinating" - The Spectator The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of Natio ...Show more
Before Maori: New Zealand's First Inhabitants - A Perspective by Bodle, Ross M.
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning author of Chernobyl On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who were ...Show more
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail. As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) marked t ...Show more